Just finished the first draft of another short story, which I’ve titled minus blindfold (yes another one I’m naming after a Deftones song…) which I think I’m going to submit to the Time’s Edge anthology to be put out by Utility Fog Press.
I’m not exactly sure how I feel about it at the moment but I wanted to try and do something quite Lynchian since I’ve recently re-watched Inland Empire and a couple of his other movies and am as in love with his style/method as ever. That is the danger, of course, and part of my hesitance to go through with the idea – I don’t think it’s ever a good grounding for someone to create something out of their love for someone else’s work as the danger is it becomes a hackjob.
Because of the nature of the story I simultaneously made it up as I went along but also kept going back and revising. Rather than a plot it was like I had six or seven concepts or objects/scenes floating around in the air above my head and just let them drift down when it felt right. Halfway through I wasn’t sure how to hook it all up but it worked out in the end.
I’m not sure if it’s maybe too slipstreamy for them and doesn’t have enough genre content but we’ll see. I’ll give it a once-over then send it off to them before the end of the week.
Tags: minus blindfold, Times Edge, Writing Updates
